Left and Right

If I never make a left turn

I will experience less worry

Fewer accidents

And I will wait less in traffic

Money hoarded

But the safety and savings

Will be offset by

My lack of daring

The waiting at a light

Inching into the intersection

Hunting for my turn

Guessing if there is enough room

Hoping the traffic will stop on yellow

A left turn never provides the right of way

Always wrong

Risking everything

Still, encountering and luxuriating in the unexpected

A life well lived, perhaps

But the right turn provides confidence

Soundness

Steadiness

Dizziness and unevenly worn tires

Both will bring me to the same destination

The comfort of the right

The peril of the left

And the awareness to understand the difference

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